Behavioral Economics Symposium 2014

LDI Report: 2014 Behavioral Economics and Health Symposium

PHILADELPHIA -- The two-day 2014 Behavioral Economics and Health Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania, hosted by the LDI Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE), brought together academic, business and government experts from around the country to discuss the field's latest findings and trends. Speakers ranged from a member of the White House Social & Behavioral Sciences Team and top executives from PCORI and AHRQ to leading researchers from universities including Penn, Stanford, Harvard and Carnegie Mellon. Above is the funders panel which included speakers from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation, The Donaghue Foundation, NIH, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), and the Commonwealth Fund. Below are reports from 19 of the symposium sessions that took place in The Wharton School's Huntsman Hall.


	Video Welcome to the 2014 Behavioral Economics Symposium Kevin Volpp, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
	Text Article & Video The Use of Behavioral Economics in Corporations A Panel of Corporate Wellness Executives Discusses the Challenges
	Video Use of Behavioral Economics in Government Agencies David Yokum, JD, PhD, White House and Robert Kaplan, PhD, AHRQ
	Video Organ Donor Registration Experiment Judd Kessler, PhD, MPhil, University of Pennsylvania
	Video Randomized Evaluations in Health Care Delivery Mary Ann Bates, MPP, Deputy Director, MIT J-Pal Lab
	Video Financial Incentives to Reduce Sugar Beverage Consumption Anne Thorndike, MD, Mass General Hospital/Harvard University
	Video Choice and Sub-Optimal Insurance Decisions Sauragh Bhargava, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
	Video Engaging the Patient Consumer Ralph Muller, CEO, University of Penn Health System and Medical School
	Video Cash Assistance and Temptation Goods Justin White, PhD, Postdoc Research Fellow, Stanford University
	Video Engagement of Pre-Diabetes Patients to Prevent Diabetes Jeffrey Kullgren, MD, University of Michigan Medical School
	Video Downsize Your Meal for Charity? Gretchen Chapman, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Rutgers University
	Video Approaches to Increase Tobacco Cessation Scott Halpern, MD, PhD, MBE, University of Pennsylvania
	Video Projection Bias and Commitment Devices Devin Pope, PhD, Behavioral Science, University of Chicago
	Video Self-Control and Chronic Illness: Theory and Evidence Ben Handel, PhD, University of Calif, Berkeley
	Video Ethical Framework for Automated Hovering Harald Schmidt, PhD, and Shivan Mehta, MD, MBA, University of Pennsylvania
	Video The Behavioral Economics Research Funders Panel RWJF, Sage Foundation, PCORI, Commonwealth Foundation, Donaghue Foundatiion
	Video Genetic Prediction David Laibson, PhD, MSc Economics Professor, Harvard University
	Video Financial Incentives and Social Norms Feedback Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, University of Pennsylvania
	Video Nudges in Exercise Commitment Contracts Jeremy Goldhaber-Fiebert, Stanford University